Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,414, Daniel Downing, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Downing, Daniel
S. 15,414
Carded
CONTENTS

Connecticut. H. J.
Daniel Downing #22532
of Norwich in the State of Conn. who was a V te capt n in the Co o commande by Captain Dutkee of the Rgt t commande by Col l Wells in the Cont t line for 18 mo s .
3 do capt n - 1 1 15 Private. 50.
64.70.
64
Inscribed on the Roll of Cont t at the rate of 61. Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Oct r . 1833 and sent to Calvin Goddard. Norwich. Cont t
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r . 1833. 152.50 Servant. allowance ending 4 Mar ch 30. 50
$183. =
d. July 7. 1841
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. R. Palmer Clerk Book 6 Vol. three Page 11.

1 Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of Connecticut County of New London ss. Norwich ss.
On this 9 th day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the state of Connecticut present John Hyde Esq. Judge Now sitting, Daniel Downing a resident of his home in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and servants, as herein stated.
That in the latter part of the month of December A. D. 1777 on the first of January 1778 I enlisted into a company of Connecticut Militia at Canterbury in the State of Connecticut where I then resided for a tour of duty of two months to go to Providence in the State of Rhode Island - said Company was commanded by Capt Samuel Branch of Plainfield in said State, now dead, & belonged to a Regiment commanded by Col. Abadiah Judson of said Canterbury (also now dead) and I served for said period of two months & was discharged at Providence aforesaid on or about the first of March 1778 - That in the summer of 1779 I enlisted into a Company of State Troops raised by the State of Connecticut under Captain

2 Joseph Durkee Men of Hampton in said State in a Regiment commanded by Col Levi Wells, for a period of eight months - I served in that corps for the eight months commencing said service at New London aforesaid and was marched from there in the winter of 1779 - 80 called the hard winter to New Haven & Stratford in said State and was for some time stationed at a place called the Old Mills at said Stratford - That only a part of the Regiment was at Stratford - That most of the eight months I was at New London & was discharged at the end of said time at New London when I returned home - That in the year 1780 about the first of July I again enlisted as a private in a company of Connecticut Militia commanded by Captain Green and Regiment commanded by Colonel Willis at Canterbury aforesaid for a term of three months and marched with the Company to Chatham on Connecticut River & was there a fortnight or three weeks cutting fascines, said to be in- tended for a breastwork on Long Island While there they worked under the direction of a French Engineer, whose name I do not know; after this news came of an alarm at New London & we were marched there to Winthrop's point where we lay for some time & were then ordered, into went into Gorton's Fort where I remained till dis

charged at the expiration of said three months for which I enlisted when I went home to Canterbury — That in the summer of the year 1781 I enlisted in a Company of Connecticut Militia commanded by Cap- tain Tyler of Brooklyn Connecticut — I enlisted at Canterbury & was marched with my company to New London & from thence to Groton & remained at Groton for two months the period for which I enlisted — most of the time engaged in working on Groton Fort where Col. Seayard then commanded —
That I was discharged & went home & very soon, about a week after as I think, I heard of the Massacre at Groton Fort.
That about the first of January in the year 1782 I became a substitute for my Father Jonathan Snowing Esq. Corporal in a Company of Connecticut Militia com- manded by Captain Muzzack of Lebanon in Connecticut; That I engaged to serve for two months & marched from Canterbury when I enlisted to Horse Neck and there remained for two months under Colonel Mead — That at the end of said two months I engaged to serve and did serve for one one month longer making in all three months & was discharged. See

41 first of April I returned home - to where I was born That I was born at Canterbury & shall be seventy one years of age the last day of this month of August - That I have no record of my age but believe it is recorded on the Town Records of said Canterbury - That most of the time since, I have lived in Canterbury - and have lived two years in Vermont - two years in Hampton Connecticut & now live in Lisbon - That I have no discharge in writing - and no documentary evidence of my service & do not know of any other evidence of my service - That that which is annexed - That I am known to John B Cooper of Canterbury living five or six miles from me and to Captain Charles Perkins of Lisbon, Esquire his Perkins of the same place & to all his other neighbors who can all testify to my character for veracity & some of them to their belief in my service That I now hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Daniel Downing
Before me John Heyde
Judge of the Court of Probate

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Downing a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1777 or Jan'y 1778 2 mos. Pvt. Samuel Branch Abadiah Johnson Conn.   Summer 1779 8 mos. Joseph Durkee Levi Wells   July 1 1780 3 mos. Green Hillyer   Summer 1781 2 mos. Tyler Ledyard   Jan'y 1 1782 3 mos. Corp'l Murdock Head  
Battles engaged in, none stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Canterbury Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 9 1832 His wife was alive
Residence at date of application, Lisbon New London Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, {born Aug. 31 1761 at Canterbury Conn.} 1832 - 1761 = 71
Remarks: {died July 7 1841 from A.B.}
Soldier was the son of Jonathan Downing. No other family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

5 We Levi Nelson a clergyman residing in the town of Lisbon in the county of New London & state of Connecticut and Charles Perkins residing in the same town, county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Downing who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Levi Nelson Charles Perkins
Sworn & subscribed this 13 th day of August A.D. 1832.
Before me Joseph L. Lyon
New London for Lisbon June 22 nd 1832
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the Revd. Levi Nelson of Lisbon the clergyman who made the foregoing affidavit before me and Capt Charles Perkins the other Deponent who signed & made oath to the same are both known to me to be credible witnesses
Certified by Joseph L. Lyon Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut New London County ss I John D e Witt Clerk of the County Court for sd New London County do hereby Certify that Joseph L Lyon esq before whom the within affidavit of Charles Perkins & Levi Nelson was taken is a Justice of the peace in & for said County of New London and that his signature thereto affixed is in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 21 st day of August A D 1832 John D e Witt Clerk
John D e Witt

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the Court further find that the Revd. Levi Nelson, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is a clergyman resident at said Lisbon & that he is a credible person, & that his statement is entitled to credit, and that Schuler Peckham Esq. who has also signed the same, is a resident at said Lisbon, and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I Buruel Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Doring for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office of this Court this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two.
Buruel Lathrop Clerk
I further certify that John Hyde Esq. before whom this declaration is sworn to & also the Deposition of John E. Waldo. is a Justice of the Peace for New London County & Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwich
Buruel Lathrop

State of Connecticut
County of Windham ss  Hamilton On this 8 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally
Came Ebenezer Parkes of the Canterbury in said County of Windham aged 73 years who being first duly sworn doth on oath declare that in the winter of year 1777-8 he served for a period of two months as a private soldier in a company of Militia commanded by Samuel Branch in a Regiment commanded by Obadiah Johnson at Providence in the State of Rhode Island: that he well knew Daniel Downing then of the Canterbury now of Lisbon in New London County & that said Downing served as a private in said company in the service of the United States at the same time and for the same period of two months.
Sworn & subscribed this 8 th day of August A.D. 1832
Ebenezer Parkes
before me
Mason Cleveland Justice of the Peace
Windham June 24 th 1833 Thereby certify that Ebenezer Parkes above named is a credible witness & is well known to me
Mason Cleveland Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham and State of Connecticut

State of Connecticut
County of Windham & Hampton
On this Eighth day of August A.D. 1832 personally came Jonathan Hott of Hampton aforesaid aged Seventy four years who being first duly sworn doth on oath declare that he knows Daniel Downing of Lisbon in New London County formerly of Canterbury in Windham County & knows that said Daniel served in a company of Connecticut State Troops during the Revolutionary War in the service of the United States for the period of Eight months the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Dyer in a Regiment commanded by Col. Levi Wells. Said service commencing in the Summer of 1779 & ending in the Winter of 1780. that said service commenced at New London in the State of Connecticut & that said Downing was marched from thence to New Haven in the Winter of 1780. This deponent was a member of said Company at the same time & knows that Downing served for the period of Eight months. Sworn & Subscribed this 8th day of August A.D. 1832 Jonathan Hott
Before me Mason Cleveland Justice of the Peace Windham Co. June 24th 1833 I certify that Jonathan Hott here named is a credible witness Mason Cleveland Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham & State of Connecticut

I Ammi Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Mason Cleveland Esq before whom the affidavits annexed herunto were made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the within and foregoing signatures of his name are in his hand printing, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County, this 29 th day of June A.D. 1833
Ammi Bolles Clerk

State of Connecticut
County of Windham to Hampton - On this 8 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally came Ebenezer Park of Canterbury in said County of Windham
Comity aged 73 - years who being first duly sworn doth on oath declare that he well knows Daniel Drowning of Lisbon in New London County, formerly of Canterbury in Windham County & knows that said Daniel served in a Company of Connecticut State Troops, during the Revolutionary War in the service of the United States for the period of eight months, the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Dufresne; in a Regiment commanded by Col. Levi Wells - said service commen- cing in the summer of 1779 and ending in the winter of 1780 - that said service commenced at New London in the State of Con- necticut & that said Drowning was marched from thence to New Haven in the winter of 1780 - This deponent was a member of said Company at the same time & knows that Drowning served for the period of eight months.
Sworn & subscribed this 8 th day of August A.D. 1832
Ebenezer Park.
before me Mason Cland and Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. In the Justices certificate to the authenticity of Ebenezer Park's page preceding
Daniel Lathrop

I Asahel Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Mason Cleveland Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits annexed hereto were made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Middlesex County. That the foregoing signatures of his name in his hand writing, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 15 th day of August A.D. 1832
Asahel Bolles Clerk

State of Connecticut
New London County ss Norwich
I John E Waldo residing in Canterbury in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Downing of Lisbon in the County of New London & State aforesaid an applicant for a Pension under the act of July 15 of last Session: That I believe him to be seventy years of age: That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion: and I further certify that I know that he served for a period of three months in the year 1780 in the service of the United States in the Connecticut Militia at Southwicks Point at New London and at Boston Fort in a company commanded by Capt Green & Regiment commanded by Col. Willis. That said service commenced on or about the first of July of that year and ended three months thereafter: That this deponent was a private in the same company & served at the same time with said Downing & returned home in company with him. That I shall be seventy one years of age the fifth of October next - That said Downing is the same person who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration.
John E Waldo
Sworn & subscribed this 9 th day of August A.D. 1832.
in open court
Before me John Hyde
New London ss June 1833
Justice of the Peace
Thereby certify that the foregoing
John E. Waldo is a credible & Judge of the court
witness - John Hyde
Justice of the Peace & Judge of the court aforesaid
of Probate for the District of Norwich State of Connecticut
Daniel Lathrop

No 6430.
July 29
Daniel Downing
Adm 1 year & 6 months 3 Months Heretof Corp
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 40. 11 11  10 2 11  15 2 11  30.50  157.50 
Catrin Goodard Vernie Connecticut
New London 30 June 22 d 1833
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within for New London County Daniel Downing of Lisbon in said County who being duly sworn deposited & saith that by reason of age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service other than as aforesaid but according to the best of his recollection he served fifteen Months as a private soldier and three Months as a corporal and for such service I claim a pension Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Daniel Downing
Before me John Hyde
Judge of the court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the State of Connecticut
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RECORD AUG 29 1921 DIVISION
Letter No. 202 to the
LETTER OF THE GOVERNMENT IN RELATION TO THE VIZIR'S POSITION IN CHINA, AND THE SITUATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA IN BRITISH
East India
London
1921

red out MRS. CHAS. O. NORTON
KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
Aug 17th 1921-
PENSION DEPARTMENT-
Washington. D. C.-
Dear Sirs;-
Please send me- memorandum of data- contained in PENSION APPLICATION, of CAPT. Daniel Downing- of Canterbury- Conn- Pensioned in Conn, 1832- for service as PRIVATE in Conn Line- and very much oblige-
Yours truly-
Le G. Norton 1st Ave + 21 st Street
P.S.- Especially do I desire- name of wife- children-etc-

Vienna, Fairfax Co., Virginia.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you please send me a copy of the pension application of Daniel Downing a Revolutionary pensioner who was pensioned in New London Co., Conn. under the act of 1832.
Also give names of children and wife, if given in application.
I am a descendant of Daniel Downing
I sent you a similar letter about six days ago and as I failed to receive a reply, it may have been omitted.
Sincerely
Miss Louise Huntington.
April 13, 1905

Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Will you please send me a copy of the pension application of Daniel Downing, a Revolutionary Pensioner, who was pensioned in New London Co., Conn. under the act of 1832.
I would also like the names of his wife and children if given in application.
Sincerely,
(Miss) Louisa Huntington Vienna, Fairfax Co., Virginia.
April Third.

P
15414
INVALID.
apl. 17, 1905 - His to Miss Louisa Huntington Vienna Pa.
1921 Sept. 21 Hist. to Mrs. Chas. P. Norton
File No. 15414
Daniel Downing
Coupl Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.]